Product Description

Streamlight Jr.® Luxeon® This ultra-small, lightweight flashlight gives you all the benefits of the classic Streamlight Jr.®, but now offers a Luxeon LED. The Jr. Luxeon is also maintenance free. You’ll never have to change the bulb or deal with bulb replacement costs. Offers a push-button tailcap for steady on" and momentary on/off. Machined aluminum construction and virtually unbreakable polycarbonate lens, it’s incredibly durable. Specifications:Battery: 2 AA alkaline Lamp: 1 watt Luxeon Star 50,000 hour LED Machined aluminum wiht anodized finish; shock and water resistant Color: Black Weight: 3.9 oz. Length: 6.5" Run Time: Over one hour Power: Up to 30 lumens Special Features: Push-button tailcap switch, pocket clip

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10749 in Home Improvement
• Color: Black
• Brand: Streamlight
• Model: 71500
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 1.00" w x 7.00" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• Case material is machined aircraft aluminum with anodized finish; shock and water resistant
• Unbreakable polycarbonate with scratch-resistant coating
• Next generation C4 LED technology; impervious to shock with a 50,000 hour lifetime
• Up to 4 hours of runtime to the 10% output level
• 6.5 inches length

From the Manufacturer
The Streamlight JR C4 LED Flashlight is an ultra-compact, lightweight flashlight features the latest in power C4 LED technology. New C4 premium C4 LED technology produces 2 to 3 times the output of previous C4 LEDs. Packaged with a black nylon flapless holster.

Customer Reviews

Bright + small = good!
If you've seen older LED flashlights you may be skeptical -- and rightly so, but the new Luxeon LEDs are different:

Believe it or not, this little light is almost as bright as a full sized MagLite 3-D cell, and it stays that way for 4 hours. It's like having a big maglite in a mini-mag body.

How is this possible? It uses a 1-watt Luxeon LED driven by a semi-regulated power supply, so unlike a lot of lights that start out bright and end up dim, this little light puts out a nearly constant beam for 4 hours. Best of all, it runs on inexpensive and easily available AA cells.

Check www.flashlightreviews.com for more info.

C4 version brighter, but beam is less even
Streamlight's Jr. Flashlight is now in its third generation, with a brighter 'C4' LED (actually from Cree) inside rated at 55 lumens. The flashlight is visibly brighter than the previous two generations, both of which had a Luxeon LED (1st Gen rated at 30 lumens, 2nd Gen rated at 27 lumens but longer runtime than the 1st gen.)

The downside of this new 'C4' version is that it no longer retains the plastic collimating lens of the previous two generations, which was responsible for creating an evenly illuminated beam (by 'even' I mean a bright hotspot in the middle gradually tapering off to sidespill.) The optics for this third generation are much different; instead of a collimating lens there's a conical silver reflector which produces a more unevenly lit beam. The illumination is ringed, with brighter and darker regions, though definitely not as 'ringy' as the classic Mini Maglite. The unevenness is somewhat remedied by cutting out a small circle of light diffusion gel and inserting it into the reflector so it sits behind the front plastic lens, blending the slight unevenness together into a smoother beam. However, the collimating lens of the previous versions was simply better and I cannot imagine what possible logical reason was responsible for the switch to a reflector (a plastic polycarbonate lens vs. plastic aluminized reflector couldn't possibly be a significant difference in manufacturing cost...) Also, to accommodate the conical reflector in the front section of the flashlight, the new C4 version is actually longer than its prior length of 6.5", despite what the specs say: it's actually about 6 7/8" from front to the tip of the clickswitch.

Great for Railroad Work!
As an engineer, this light is GREAT for inspections or just to keep on the control stand! It seems to be a long lasting light source, and easy to carry in your back pocket.

Give this one a try.